Giving Hilot to our Society

64725551_319451458965581_559977801692741632_nMany people think that Hilot is an individual approach of healing the body and yes it is but it is not only the Physical Body we do heal. As Hilot Binabaylan we have also the responsibility to heal our society by engaging with them as a Community. This is our work as Hilot Binabaylan, we are bridging the Gap from old to new, and fill up again what is missing in people lives as they have forgotten who they are due to the Colonial exploitation we experience either in the past or present. As Hilot Binabaylan we don’t see people in their gender identity but we see them as a Soul that has the sacred spark of the Divine.

36376234_272000266691641_814571935307399168_nThroughout the time, Colonization have brought up poison to the identity of the Filipino people that most of us have already forgotten who we are. Last year we were able to rise up and have communicated to the people about how our Filipino Ancestors give a high regards to the LGBT people in the past by participating the Metro Manila Pride March and deliver a solidarity message of Peace. And this year we will rise again to give healing again to the LGBT people in the Philippines.

Drying Angat Dam

drying angat damSince June 10, 2019 we noticed that the water supply interruption and everyday from that day it becomes worst. At first it only has 12 hours or no water. Then later on we are given water supply by 6 PM to 9AM. Then it was announce that water ration will only be given by 1am to 9am. But by June 23 up to now, there is no Total Drop of water in the faucet.  The reason for this water shortage is because our Water reserviour is drying up and now on its critical level.

64580475_839469639746933_7324563997406003200_oLast June 20 by 5pm rain has fall down. It was so strong. It came with lightning, thunder, wind and some ice. Trees bend down and some houses been affected. Many people have prayed for that rain to come and we ask that rain to be redirected to Angat Dam, Ipo Dam and La Mesa Dam which is the Water reserviour of Central and National Capital Region. Since it was not only us here in Bulacan are affected but also mostly of Metro Manila.

From June 20 up to this day, we continue to pray for the rain to come. And last night before going to bed there is rain. And as open up my phone i see post of floods that brought by these rain on different places. I wonder why these are happening? There is rain but it does not fall on the right place? I learned that our government is doing cloud seedings but still the mind of Nature is way far advance than the human mind. And in my prayer and meditation, an inner voice is guiding me to find answer to the Binabaylan of Bulan La Mogoaw. So i send private message to Lakan Lago and he told me about the Dumagat and the intention of the Philippine Government to create the Kaliwa Dam.  The Water crisis we are experiencing are exploitation of our Government and Blaming Mother Nature to be the cause of this crisis.

The water crisis within our land will bring some health problem with the people. Since all of us are reliant to water for many things as Luntiang Aghama teaches us that water has traditional function of cleansing, transforming, transporting, binding, and reflecting. To read more on Luntiang Aghama teaching about water you may click here for more details.

But as Manghihilot what can we do now? We teach that as Manghihilot we are not only concern on the Physical Ailments of the people but we also prevent illness by healing also the environment. We have called the Divine Guidance and this is what it shows us.

120514_angat-dam03Gutugutumakan the Supreme Deity of the Dumagat, the Agta people who walk (lumakad) and populated the land and protect the sacred waters of the mountains (thus their name dumagat that might means “of the sea/ or likeness of the sea”) do now pray not only for the rain but also for their land. We are also praying with you for the rain to come and also to secure your home land for the future generation of the Dumagat People. May everyone Co Exist in perfect harmony and not in Greed.

May Gutugutumakan continue to Bless Us. May Tigbalog continue to provide us life. May Luwebe allow us to grow. May Ama unite us in love and continue to promote peace in our land. May Binangewan heal us from all our disease.

Gutugutumakan Hear us as we Pray! Save us and give us water to purify our soiled body and soul. Do not allow corruption govern the heart and the mind of our people. Purge out the Evil that hunts everyone in the land.

 

Hilot Recipe for Cough and Phlegm

Last week stay in training program requires me to wake up early in the morning and stay up late at night that made me feel sick on the last days of training. But thankfully we have successfully completed the training program and have initiated our new Hilot Binabaylan.

Everyone is happy that we made another success but my body becomes weak as the whole process overwhelm me so much. Though no fever nor flu. I just have difficulty of breathing because of phlegm that stuck in my throat and chest area. When i cough it off, the phlegm does not come out. So i need a Powerful expectorant to remove the stubborn phlegm.

Now what i have available is Ginger and Malunggay. I made a powder of ginger and malunggay separately because i use it also in making tablets which i will share some other days here, but for now what i am sharing is a powerful infusion of this powerful herbs that will expel the stubborn phlegm in your body.

moringa-ginger-tea-250x250  Ingredients:

1 Tablespoon of Malunggay Powder

1 Tablespoon of Ginger

1 Cup of Boiling Water

Strainer

Procedure:

Put 1 tablespoon of Malunggay Powder and 1 Tablespoon of Ginger Powder to you coffee mug or tea cup and add boiling water. Let it sit for 10- 15 minutes for infusion and after 15 minutes strain it and ready to drink.

Take this 3 times a day and you will notice that after a day or two your stubborn phlegm is gone. But for persistent cough and phlegm continue to drink this formula up to 7 days for better result.

It is much better also to seek advice from your Manghihilot for proper diagnostic and treatment.

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Experiencing the Mysteries of Hilot

65101907_454063461820584_1028897632375799808_nLive In Training Program for Hilot ng Aghamang Binabaylan is an open ended learning opportunities not only for the student but also for me as the Training Provider. I do not only train the student on the 8 days live in program, but we literally live together and learn together as we work out together to preserve the Indigenous Medicine of the Philippines.  The Hilot training of the Academy does not focus on teaching massage on its student but instead we focus on the Medicine it self that could bring back the optimum health and wellness of the Patient.

In our Training we emphasize that Massage is only one part of the entire Hilot treatment and it is categorize on the Init or heat as it use rubbing movement that will give warmth to the body of the patient. As Manghihilot, we don’t just apply treatment to the external part of the body but we also provide internal medicine such as food and drinks.  That is why as Manghihilot we need to know our healing herbs.

64383385_2372964622982888_7559319402202529792_nAside from the Physical stimulation through touch manipulation and biochemical interaction of herbs, as manghihilot we are proficient also with the use of Words or Orasyon in Therapeutic Communication. Our words has power to affect the mind and the emotion, and by hearing our words it will change their flow of thoughts as well as their emotions that will affect also their Body Composition.  This has been shown through our body lifting and levitation exercise where our body reacts to the subtle energies of Prayer.

In doing Massage as part of Hilot treatment, there is always an Orasyon. And the Orasyon in Massage pertains to the duration or repetition of strokes that you are going to apply in Hilot Pahid which is the Hilot Wellness Massage. Time is important element in Healing. It is also the same as in the time on when you are going to take your medicine. The Amount, Duration and severity of the method is what Hilot Orasyon means aside from the Therapeutic Communication it gives.

These are only few of the many Mysteries of Hilot that you can experience with us here in Hilot Academy. I hope that one day, you can visit us here and experience the Amazing Wonders of Hilot Healing in the Philippines with us.

The story of Dayang Alab ng Liwanag

There was a girl that wrote us an application letter that she intend to learn the ways of Healing of the Ancestors and she wrote:

I am at the very beginning of my journey in traditional and alternative medicine. I have been chronically ill since 2010 due to a condition called Topical Steroid Withdrawal, which was caused by the overextended use of topical and oral steroids creams used to “cure” my eczema. In fact, I no longer had eczema, but rashes formed by the damage of the long term use of steroids and antibiotics. I have been a patient of traditional Chinese medicine for many years now and have learned a little in understanding how to read my skin or how effects manifest in my body.

I received a spirit clearing from a mumbaki in 2015 and he said that I am my paternal great great grandfather’s reincarnation, and something that did not finish in his lifetime is coming through me.

While being chronically ill, I have relied on plant medicine for pain and healing and developed a relationship to plants and their energies. It is my intention to learn more about plant medicine to help my family, friends, and community come back into their well being and health through natural ways.

This girl is from Washington DC, a Pinay American who was called by her ancestor to walk back on to the path of our race (Landas ng Lahi) and for 8 days we have helped her to remember what she already know for a long time. And now she speaks of what she have remembered through this words:

4 years ago, nati and mamerto did a spirit clearing on me and said that I am the reincarnation of my great great lolo; that something not finished is coming through me. my family does not have access to that generation, but this past Christmas, I found out that great lolo fermin was a manghihilot. reiki has been so helpful in my healing, but I felt it was necessary to honor and learn my own people’s energy and healing modalities, especially knowing healers were in my family.

for months I have been setting the intention to learn hilot, and today, I was initiated as hilot binabaylan. i laugh because universe has a way of synchronicity. I found out only recently that the training would be an 8-day live in study, and decided to change my plans so that I can squeeze in training before the busyness of HK and expo. today was my last day of study and of course it ends up being on the strawberry moon, a portal of expansion and initiation/full moon in sagittarius, my moon at that. lol, universe.

apu adman let me know that a diwata visited my room last night and told him my spirit name; that I will find out later during closing ritual. during my ceremony, apu and lakay called on the diwata that guides me to serve as witness. they wrote 14 names of the diwata and rolled them up for me to choose one. who else but the white bright moon, Diwata Bulan La Mogoaw, the moon goddess. apu and lakay just laughed and smiled because I kept taking pictures of the rising full moon the night prior and kept singing the small lyrics I know of “buwan.” I truly am a daughter of the moon. she calls me and I am listening. this diwata will continue to guide me on my path as a healer and she has blessed me with the name, “Dayang Alab ng Liwanag” – blaze of light, keeper of sacred fire of life. they already printed out the certificate before I chose my diwata guide….

most of my family think that hilot is only massage, but hilot is such deep connection to spirit 😭, and specifically how to heal with body with H (halaman, herbs), I (init, heat), L (linawag, light), O (horas, orasyon, time; prayer), T (tubig, water). my tawas (form of divination through paper, egg, or candle wax) sent a clear message that my ancestors were communicating with me and asking me to answer my call of healer, babaylan, manghihilot. there was no other way but to get so sick, face near death with tsw and pneumonia, for me to understand this path of shadow, light, and spirit. through this path, I have come to build a relationship to plants and prayer in forms of meditation, movement, intention. i am honored to be a hilot binabaylan, reviving the duties and responsibilities of the babaylan in my lineage.

I have no other words than my people are magic. I am only at the beginning of my journey. I have a lot to learn and unlearn, and am readying myself to walk the path of both spirit and earth. I asked ancestors where to even begin and I am reminded to just trust; I will continue to be present on this path to see where it leads me. today, I am happy to be hilot binabaylan. I feel blessed to have had this sacred opportunity to learn from and live with apu and lakay for the past 8 days. I am missing the busy sounds of San Jose del monte, bulacan. I am missing the constant exchange of learning between us. I am missing our shared meals together and laughter. thank you deeply, apu Rolando Gomez Comon and Lakay ALsent Magbaya Aghama, and for those who sent affirmations during my study.

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A day with Hilot Binabaylan

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Lakan Aku, Lakay Alsent, Kai Kai, Doc Kit and Apu Adman

It’s June 16, 2019- Sunday is a Busy day for Hilot Academy of Binabaylan at the Shrine of Luntiang Aghama. A night prior to this we had a Freedom Redemption ritual that was Participated by the Members of Luntiang Aghama who is at the same time our Hilot Binabaylan in the Academy and so as with our new student from Washington DC no other than Kai Kai. Last night was a great opportunity for Kai Kai to learn the ways of our Ancestors in Healing as she does Tawas and Pagpag. We also did a mini Psychism Workshop focusing in Alterative Abilities and Psycho Kinesis which went great.

64206201_402146547177320_5362602024397438976_nThis morning we have been greeted by Russel Lim of Quezon City as he come to remember the Art of Pulse Reading through a Workshop with Kai Kai his Kasama on this journey back to the Path of our Race.  We’ve done a lot this day. We do the western Pulse Reading like on a Vital Sign Check Up, the Oriental Hilot Pulse reading, we do also Tawas and the Kapwa Tarot Reading by Kai Kai.  It was like a baptism of Fire for Kai Kai as she practice what she have learned from us in the past days. Indeed i agree to what she always tell that she need to learn her Human Anatomy and Physiology as she willl work out with Hilot. Though most of our Hilot are Spiritually inspired but all the inspiration of the Spirit will come into matter as it is said that:

As above, so the Soul;

AS Within, so Without;

As the Spirit, So as the Soul!

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Healing the World with Hilot

From 2015 we officially have shared the Ancient Knowledge of Hilot to the People of the World as we have produced Hilot Binabaylan to people of different nationalities.

We are proud to say that we have shared this ancient tradition of healing arts and science of Hilot to the people that lives in the USA, Canda, Chile, Spain, Japan, Austria and the Philippines. Soon we are also reaching out to the people of Italy to share the Arts and Science of Hilot as Philippine Traditional Medicine.

So people now ask how to avail the Knowledge of Hilot. Do we have a center or schools in the countries that we have mentioned?

As of this moment we do not have Schools or Learning Center outside the Philippines. Our Hilot Academy is located within Luntiang Aghama Natural Divine Arts Shrine of Healing Inc. at Lot 79 Phase A, Francisco Homes Narra, City of San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan, 3023, Philippines.

People come to our place to learn with us. We have one day course program that will supplement the learnings that you already have in the healthcare industry/ profession or a complete 8 day training package that you can avail either on a stay out or stay in program.

We are just a small space within Francisco Home Subdivision in the City of San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan. By day it can only accommodate 3 to 5 person when we conduct training. But for student who avails our stay in course program, it can only accommodate up to 2 persons for room sharing.

For students who plan to take the full course in our stay in program, we offer you food and accommodation and also we have a wifi in our place. All of our training goes with modules and certificate. And we can do personalized and customized program for your learning needs.

In order to enroll, kindly fill up our application form that can be seen at the bottom of this page or you may email us at hilot.binabaylan@gmail.com

The Value of Hilot

The practice of Hilot in the Philippines predates the usage of money thus the work of manghihilot has been paid through an energy exchange. The payment for the service of Traditional Manghihilot usually comes from the offering of tobacco, eggs, fruits, vegetables or livestock in exchange for the healing services of the Manghihilot.piloncitos

The the pre colonized Filipino employs barter trade instead of using money. Then “Piloncitos” have been used for payment of products or services in the Market.  Piloncitos are small pieces of gold used in trading as an early form of Money. When the Spanish arrived on 1521 they introduce the use of coins and in 1861 the first mint was established in order to standardize coinage that during the declaration of Independence Day on June 12, 1898 the Philippine Peso has been introduced until the Central Bank of the Philippines has been established in 1949 that we have today our Monetary Value of Philippine Peso.

For the Longest time, the Skills of a Manghihilot are the least paid profession in our country as some traditional Hilot still practice not receiving money but only accepts energy exchange in a form of offerings or gift.

Now-a-days modern Spa is on the rise incorporating Hilot in their menu of Services and to what is surprising is that the Service of Hilot in these modern spa are paid in High Amount contrary to the traditional hilot which only receives on donation basis.

Hilot should be the Common People Medicine. But with the High rise price value of Hilot Services that can be found on modern spa will not be affordable to the common people. By continuing this practice of monetization of Hilot, only the Rich people will afford the service of Hilot and the common people will be left unattended because of the expensive price of the Hilot services.

Indeed Hilot is not for Free; It has a cost that a patient need to pay for and the Government must see this instead of regulating the practice of Hilot they must regulate the Spa who provides Hilot services if it is authentic and affordable.

Most of these modern Spa are just providing Massage and not Authentic Hilot. Authentic Hilot must perform the entire ritual procedure that will pass through to the Elements of Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit.

Hilot is not a Commercial Trade but it is our Cultural Heritage. Filipino must not forget that we have our own Medicine. Hilot is our Identical Mark as a Filipino and every one must benefit from it not only the rich but also the Common People.

Sunday class with Lera

We conducted Hilot Recipe class today here at the Shrine of Luntiang Aghama. I woke up early to prepare for this class. Yesterday we re arrange the Shrine hall to make it more spacious.

On this hall we comduct classes, ritual and even healing session. On normal days we do online job in this place as well. But today is not an ordinary day.

I dress up and prepare a lesson and activity for Hilot Recipe: A formula and procedure for Herbal Medicine.

Lera Padua our new Hilot of Antipolo City who is also a Reiki practitioner is our student for Hilot Herbal.

After lunch when we are about to do an actual herbal preparation. There was a walk in patient who ask to be treated on her frozen shoulder. So we entertain her. I thought it was only a minor frozen shoulder case but as i made an assessment, i found out it more than a frozen shoulder.

I check her pulse and it tell me a problem on her small intestine. I ask her eating and excretory habit and her response was ok. Then i do tawas using water and ask the taste of it and her response was bitter. So from there i learn that her frozen shoulder has a deeper level of causation.

I prepare jathropa and banana leaves for pagsasala. As i start to do the pagpapahid, the patient start to burp. Then i do stretching on her shoulders and i found it both locked. So i start to manipulate and apply some hilot massage stroke on her scapula. I warned her that it will be painful and i told her that it is ok to shout if she feel so much pain. When i do the stretching of both arms she could not even make a 45 degree stretch and little movement of the arm is painful already.

So i relax her muscles on the back on lumbar and thoracic area. But as i apply my hands on her back near the heart she start to cry and mention names. So the Frozen Shoulder treatment now becomes an exorcism ritual.

The Frozen shoulder condition signifies her bondage from her emotional prison from her love life. Aa she shout out for a name of a guy that according to her friend was her boyfriend and when i ask her who she is she mention different name than hers.

I commanded for the spirit to lift up the pain she inflict on my patient. She shout terribly like in pain and blew out by vomiting.

After she was released and get back to her senses, i ask her to raise her arms stretched above her heads and amazingly she can raise it up to 90 degrees.

The days work is conplete and well accomplished. Lera’s class today is a success with an added lesson on bondage breaking and exorcism.

To Serve your purpose

If you are a Hilot, you do not see people that comes to you as a man nor a woman; young or old; rich or poor. You do not see them as people of their religion, ethnicity, tribe, nationality or race.

You see them as a Soul that needs help. Healing. Love and Care. It doesn’t matter if they have money or not. What is important is that they trust you to restore their wellness back into their life.

This is the Heart of Hilot. To serve your purpose in the community where you belong. To serve your purpose to Humanity. To serve your purpose to all creatures. To serve your purpose to the world.